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«There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.»
«The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.»
Author: Michel de Montaigne
(Philosopher, Writer)
| About:
World
| Keywords:
carcass, carcasses, The Shadow, vanity
«There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.»
«I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.»
«Ignorance is the mother of all evils»
«The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.»
«For a desperate disease a desperate cure»
«Whoever would be cured of ignorance must first confess it»
«One must always have one's boots on and be ready to go.»
«How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.»
Author: Michel de Montaigne
(Philosopher, Writer)
| About:
Faith
| Keywords:
articles, Articles of, article of faith, fables
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